Bottle caps



March 19, 1957 J, GQRDON 2,785,692

Y BOTTLE CAPs Filed oct. 6, 1954 rij-.1.

United States Patent O BGTTLE CAPS Jule Gordon, Greenwich, Conn.

Application ctober 6, 1954, Serial No. 460,569

2 Claims. (Cl. 132-143) This invention relates to bottle caps and more particularly to a form of cap which permits access to the bottle contents.

The use of hair lotions such as wave set or any liquid hair preparation is often best etected by dipping a comb into the liquid through the bottle mouth and thereafter applying the comb to the hair. With the foregoing in mind, I have devised an improved cap for a bottle wherein the comb may be dipped as above mentioned without requiring removal of the cap from the bottle while resulting in a more effective usage of the comb. This is accomplished by providing a transverse slot in the cap which admits the comb into the bottle interior so that the comb may be withdrawn with the liquid material clinging thereto. The slot is specially formed in that it is comb-shaped so that the slot itself may be used to regulate to some degree the amount of liquid which is taken up by the comb. The comb-shaped slot has other advantages as will be shown hereinafter.

The invention will be further understood from the following description and drawings in which:

Figure l is a top perspective view, partly broken away, of a bottle provided with the cap of the instant invention;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the cap and bottle portion taken substantially along the line 2 2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of the bot tle neck and cap, both being shown partly broken away;

Figure 4 is an exploded view; and

Figure 5 is a top plan view.

The cap is formed of conventional material such as plastic material and is screwed to the neck 11 of bottle 12 so as to secure it on the bottle. Bottle 12 contains the liquid to be applied to the hair whether conventional viscous wave set fluid or relatively thinner so-called hair tonics or the like.

The invention comprises the provision of a boss 13 formed integrally on cap 10 from one edge portion to an opposite edge portion of the cap. Centrally of the boss 13 is formed the slot 14 extending completely through the boss and planar top wall 15 of the cap 10. In this way, access to the interior of the bottle contents by a comb 16 is permitted as illustrated in Figure 2. The slot 14 is shaped like the cross-section of a comb in that it is elongated, one end 17 thereof being narrower, and having a greater degree of curvature than, the wider opposite end 2 18. The slot sides 19 and 20 taper inwardly from the larger curvature end 18 to the smaller curvature end 17.

The tapering nature of slot 14 is of advantage in that it stabilizes the position of the comb in the slot and mini'- mizes the size of the opening so as to discourage the ena trance of foreign objects. This is particularly so since the user may often leave the comb in the bottle during periods of non-use. Accordingly, the comb will act somewhat as a closure for the slot. A further advantage of the tapered slot is that the sides thereof may act against the comb so as to wipe excess liquid therefrom and direct it back into the container. In other words, a comb will not be withdrawn excessively dripping with liquid. The sides of the slot 14 are inwardly bevelled circumferentially or endlessly as at 14a so as to serve as a drain for directing spilled liquid into the bottle.

In the cap of the instant invention, the liner 21 is generally interposed between the cap and the bottle neck, the liner serving not only as a gasket but preventing the liquid from spilling through the slot. When the user purchases the bottle, she may unscrew the cap 10 and discard the liner 19 whereupon the comb may be introduced through the slot and then drawn through the hair so as to deposit the liquid. Thereafter, she may prefer to leave the comb within the slot for further use or may withdraw it entirely and restore the liner 19 as preferred.

What is claimed is:

l. In combination with'a comb having an elongated transverse cross-sectional configuration which is rounded at both ends and tapers gradually from one end to the other and a bottle in which said comb is removably insertable, the provision of a bottle cap comprising means to secure the cap to a bottle, said cap having a top wall formed of rigid material and with a transverse slot therethrough, said slot being closed and rounded at both ends and tapering gradually from one end to the other so as to be complementary to said cross-sectional conguration of said comb and to snugly surround said comb when said comb is inserted through said slot into said bottle.

2. A bottle cap comprising means to secure the cap to a bottle, said cap having a top wall formed of rigid material and with a transverse slot through said top wall, said slot being closed at both ends and wider at one end than the other end, said slot tapering gradually inwardly from said one end to said other end thereof whereby a comb may be snugly received in said slot so as to lill the slot with the comb back at the wider end of the slot and the comb teeth at the narrower end, the slot being rounded at both ends thereof, the degree of curvature at said one end being lesser than at said other end.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 315,195 Weiss Apr. 7, 1885 476,254 Daler June 7, 1892 1,682,571 Horan Aug. 28, 1928 2,157,432 Pitar A May 9, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS 975,037 France Oct. 4, 1950 

